<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blazers-news-scoot-henderson-real-time-reaction-to-duop-reaths-contract-will-make-portland-love-him-even-more');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers: Scoot Henderson’s epic reaction to Duop Reath’s contract will make fans love him even more');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Blazers-Scoot-Hendersons-epic-reaction-to-Duop-Reaths-contract-will-make-fans-love-him-even-more.webp"></figure><h1>Blazers: Scoot Henderson’s epic reaction to Duop Reath’s contract will make fans love him even more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-16T21:04:49-08:00">February 16th, 9:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-16T21:04:49-08:00">February 16th, 9:04pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It has been a rough-sailing 2023-24 season for the Portland Trail Blazers, as was expected when they dealt away Damian Lillard in an effort to fully embrace the rebuild. But amid their uneven display on the hardwood, this is the time for the Blazers brass to assess which players on the roster could be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-scoot-henderson-era-officially-begins-loss-timberwolves" rel="noopener">long-term keepers</a> alongside their young core of Scoot Henderson, Anfernee Simons, and Shaedon Sharpe (among others).</p><p>To that end, the Blazers converted the contract of rookie big man Duop Reath from a two-way deal to a standard NBA contract, signing the 27-year old Australian center to a three-year deal. Reath has been more than solid for the Blazers this season, and Henderson, upon learning of his teammate’s new contract during the All-Star weekend, <a href="https://twitter.com/trailblazers/status/1758703256262336745" rel="noopener">became very excited</a> for his teammate’s success.</p><p>“Yes sir!” Henderson screamed after hearing the news of Reath’s new contract, via the official Blazers Twitter account. “Yes, bro, yes. Ah, that’s aight! You know, I’m really, really proud of Duop. People don’t see it a lot but Duop works, man. He works every time I go back into the gym. He’s breaking sweat already.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Look at Scoot’s reaction when he heard the news 🥹 <a href="https://t.co/wHjM2BxveY">https://t.co/wHjM2BxveY</a> <a href="https://t.co/wL3xIfr3rc">pic.twitter.com/wL3xIfr3rc</a></p><p>— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) <a href="https://twitter.com/trailblazers/status/1758703256262336745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Indeed, it’s quite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-rookie-duop-reath-earns-nba-contract-age-27" rel="noopener">development for the Blazers</a> for Duop Reath to emerge as a legitimate rotation player in the NBA. At 27 years old, Reath hasn’t gotten too many chances to stick around on an NBA roster. So for Reath to cement himself as a keeper in his first try? That is something that bodes well for Reath’s chances of fashioning a long NBA career for himself.</p><p>Reath burst onto the scene as an important piece for the Australian national basketball team; with Jock Landale injured, the 27-year old big man put up steady production as an inside-out big in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. This definitely caught the eye of the Blazers brass, and Reath has paid off their trust in him, big time.</p><p>In 40 games thus far this season for the Blazers, Duop Reath is averaging 8.9 points per game and 3.8 rebounds on 47.5 percent shooting from the field and 38.5 percent shooting from deep. He should give Scoot Henderson a solid option in the two-man game for at least the next few seasons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers: Scoot Henderson’s epic reaction to Duop Reath’s contract will make fans love him even more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blazers-news-rookie-duop-reath-earns-nba-contract-age-27');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers rookie Duop Reath finally earns NBA contract at age 27');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/blazers-news-rookie-duop-reath-finally-earns-nba-contract-at-age-27.webp"></figure><h1>Blazers rookie Duop Reath finally earns NBA contract at age 27</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-16T12:57:59-08:00">February 16th, 12:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-16T12:57:59-08:00">February 16th, 12:57pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rookie Portland Trail Blazers center Duop Reath has finally achieved his long-held goal of having NBA security, as the he and the team have agreed to terms on a standard three-year contract.</p><p>The deal, which was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, will keep him with the Blazers <a href="https://x.com/wojespn/status/1758575801660748077?s=20" rel="noopener">through the 2025-26 season</a>.</p><p>Reath, who at 27 years old is in his rookie season in the NBA, and the Blazers have likely known this was coming. League rules dictate that a player on a two-way deal can play in a maximum of 50 games with their NBA team. Reath has already appeared in 40 games for Portland this year – and with Robert Williams III out for the remainder of the season – Reath has fully assumed the Blazers’ backup center role.</p><p>Duop Reath had a long journey to the NBA before landing with the Blazers. Born in South Sudan and raised in Australia, he played two seasons at LSU before going undrafted in 2018. After stops in Serbia, the NBL, China, and Lebanon, Reath joined Portland on their 2023 Summer League roster. He was waived just before the season, but then signed a two-way contract with the Blazers on Oct. 24.</p><p>On the season, Reath is averaging 8.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. He’s shown the ability to stretch the floor, shooting nearly 39 percent from the 3-point line on 3.6 attempts per game. Earlier this season, head coach Chauncey Billups said that he has told Reath he needs to be aggressive in looking for his shot off the Blazers’ bench.</p><p>“I’ve been on him about needing to rebound and being better defensively. Also telling him, ‘If you’re not shooting when you’re out there, I don’t know what advantage you give us. You’ve got to see what you got. You’ve got the opportunity; you’ve got to shoot it.’ So, he took full advantage of it.”</p><p>Said Reath after being told of Billups’ comments in late December, “Just understanding my role. Understanding what I’m good at, what I’m not good at. I think that shooting the ball is something that I can do, so he just encourages me to do what I know I can do.”</p><p>Terms of the deal weren’t immediately available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers rookie Duop Reath finally earns NBA contract at age 27

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blazers-news-duop-reath-career-night-sign-things-to-come');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers rookie Duop Reath’s career night may be sign of things to come');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Duop_Reath_s_career_night_may_be_sign_of_things_to_come.webp"></figure><h1>Blazers rookie Duop Reath’s career night may be sign of things to come</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-27T09:32:54-08:00">December 27th, 9:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-27T09:32:54-08:00">December 27th, 9:32am</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers were down starters Shaedon Sharpe and Deandre Ayton against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.</p><p>It hardly mattered, as the Blazers walloped the Kings 130-113 behind the bench unit’s stellar play.</p><p>Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups opted to give Moses Brown the start in Ayton’s place, pointing to the team being outrebounded in recent games. Brown stepped up with 11 rebounds in 14 minutes, but it was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/27-year-old-rookie-duop-reath-blazers-rotation" rel="noopener">backup center Duop Reath</a> that stole the show.</p><p>Reath poured in a career-high 25 points to go along with nine rebounds, as he let it fly from all over the court. Reath finished 9-15 from the floor, including 3-6 from behind the 3-point line.</p><p>After the game, coach Chauncey Billups said that he has told Reath he needs to be aggressive in looking for his shot off the Blazers’ bench.</p><p>“I’ve been on him about needing to rebound and being better defensively. Also telling him, ‘If you’re not shooting when you’re out there, I don’t know what advantage you give us. You’ve got to see what you got. You’ve got the opportunity; you’ve got to shoot it.’ So, he took full advantage of it.”</p><p>While Reath is happy to fill any role the Blazers need, he understood Billups’ challenge.</p><p>Said Reath, “Just understanding my role. Understanding what I’m good at, what I’m not good at. I think that shooting the ball is something that I can do, so he just encourages me to do what I know I can do.”</p><p>After the game, Reath received the first game ball of his career after becoming just the <a href="https://x.com/TrailBlazersPR/status/1740059656213737815?s=20" rel="noopener">third Blazers rookie</a> to record 25-plus points and nine-plus rebounds off the bench since 1975, joining Arvydas Sabonis and Bill Walton.</p><p>While it’s not reasonable to expect 25 points a night from Reath, seeing this level of confidence from the 27-year-old rookie is a promising sign of things to come. The Blazers have a solid bench, but the offense can stagnate from time-to-time while the reserves are in. If Reath is able to pose a continued threat from the outside while pulling the opponent’s big man out of the paint, that unlocks a whole new dimension of the Blazers offense.</p><p>Up next for the Blazers: A home-and-home against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday and Friday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers rookie Duop Reath’s career night may be sign of things to come

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/27-year-old-rookie-duop-reath-blazers-rotation');   ga('set', 'title', '27-year-old rookie Duop Reath claims spot in Blazers rotation');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/27-year-old-rookie-Duop-Reath-claims-spot-in-Blazers-rotation.jpg"></figure><h1>27-year-old rookie Duop Reath claims spot in Blazers rotation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-11-15T22:20:54-08:00">November 15th, 10:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-11-15T22:58:40-08:00">November 15th, 10:58pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers fell 109-95 to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. The Blazers, playing the second of a back-to-back immediately after spending a week on the road, were exhausted and it showed.</p><p>One of the few highlights of Wednesday’s game was the play of 27-year-old rookie center Duop Reath. Reath had 16 points in less than 20 minutes of action for the Blazers.</p><h2><b>Who is Duop Reath?</b></h2><p>Reath was born in South Sudan. His family later moved to Australia where he played soccer and basketball before ultimately choosing to focus on hoops. He played at Lee College plus two seasons at LSU (2016-2018) but went undrafted afterward. Reath went on to <a href="https://www.aba-liga.com/news/40425/duop-reath-reinforced-fmp/" rel="noopener">play in the Serbian League</a>, the National Basketball League and the Chinese Basketball Association. He also played NBA Summer League with the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-portland-sign-australian-world-cup-center-to-one-year-deal" rel="noopener">represented Australia</a> in the World Cup.</p><p>Reath, one of the Blazers’ three<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tracking-every-nba-two-way-contract-ahead-of-2023-24-season" rel="noopener"> two-way players</a>, has been included in the rotation as the backup center to Deandre Ayton in the last three games, after having not appeared in any of the team’s first eight contests of the season. The 27-year-old stepped right in and drilled three 3-pointers on his way to 11-points in 14 minutes against the Lakers last week but went scoreless in 10 minutes against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.</p><p>With Robert Williams out for the season after knee surgery, Reath has a chance to capture a permanent spot on the second unit.</p><h2><b>What he brings to the Blazers</b></h2><p>Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups liked what he saw from Reath against the Cavs:</p><p>“(Reath) has been great man, he’s been great. That’s one reason why I wanted him on our team so badly. he’s so different than our other fives, being able to space the floor. But not only that, he goes in there and rebounds. His offensive rebounding…he’s just never giving up out there. He’s just got a good feel for the game. He kind of runs the paint, you can throw him at the elbow, he can make different reads and passes. So, I’m happy to (Reath) playing so well. But I’m not surprised.”</p><p>The Blazers are far from healthy at the moment, with Anfernee Simons, Scott Henderson, and Malcom Brogdon also out due to various injuries. But even when the team was a full strength (or close to it), they struggled with offensive spacing. Ayton has the size and touch in the paint to be a difference maker, but often finds himself hounded by multiple defenders. This issue is compounded while the Blazers have been missing some of the guards listed above.</p><p>Reath fits the offense because he’s able to stretch the floor as a legitimate 3-point threat at the top of the key. While fellow big Jabari Walker will take the 3-pointer, he hasn’t differentiated himself as a true outside threat at this point. In the minutes Reath is on the court with the Blazers reserves, it helps get some movement and open up driving lanes – something that the young unit needs desperately until the team is healed up. If Reath shows the Blazers that he can be that guy, there are consistent rotation minutes available to him.</p><p>It’s not often that NBA fans see a 27-year-old NBA rookie. But Duop Reath has had quite the unique journey to the NBA. In a Blazers season that may not feature very many wins, fans will instead turn to interesting storylines to follow. An NBA story doesn’t get any better than Duop Reath’s journey.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
3.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.2

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